Published 2:11 pm, Wednesday, January 27, 2016

NORWALK -- A Bridgeport man was charged with narcotics possession and sale after allegedly attempting to ditch heroin in the snow at a local housing project.

Police said that NPD Special Services Unit officers were driving through Colonial Village Tuesday evening at approximately 6 p.m.when they observed Marcus Gaffney, 31, standing in the roadway looking down at his phone, apparently unaware of the approaching officers.

When Gaffney saw police, he reportedly walked away backwards from police in spite of officers' calls for him to stop. While following the suspect, police said that they observed him throw a small white object on the ground and continue to walk away.

Officers blocked his path and Gaffney reportedly told them that he was visiting a friend at the complex.

Upon investigating the area where Gaffney had allegedly thrown the white object, police said that they located six freshly discarded wax paper folds bound together with tape and containing an off-white powder which police said was heroin.

Gaffney, of 273 Seltsam Road, Bridgeport, was charged with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, possession of narcotics with intent to sell within 1,500 feet of a school, and possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school.